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The word 'merchants'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
merchantsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.31111
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 10.2 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of merchants in Corpus

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Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
Yin auld calendars, fae 'the merchants' hiv no altered wan bit aal m(2020)

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
Nou ae year ane o the toun's merchants, a mannie wi a big house in t on page 33

1 matches

Edinburgh

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Terry Fae Brooklyn, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Aryshire, prose
n aboot fae the yaird tae the merchants, an fae buildin site tae buil on page 136

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
mair licht, an the fermers an merchants gaed tae the inns. Bill’s n
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ustrial estate; a builders’ merchants, she’s wantin the kitchen d
1 matches

@johnstone_shane tweeted
Ony language merchants fun themsels watchin thi Sopr (2020) twitter link

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
uspected covenanter lairds an merchants. Obligated tae feed an cleid on page 33

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General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 104 - Whaur Div Ye Belang Tae?, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
stertit tae kythe as lairds, merchants an burgesses biggit monuments on page 40

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Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
y tae Liz Lochhead’s Patter Merchants, Tartuffe and Miseryguts. Gol
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Votin isna Democracy. But..., (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
cracy tae the bishops tae the merchants. Ainlie hunners o years efter
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@LowEndJardo tweeted
careers as right wing wind up merchants (2021) twitter link

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